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Seattle is going to be a blood bath. Again, just watch. The biggest casualties will be the workers themselves. Businesses that can, will move or shut down. No one in their right mind is going to keep their business in Seattle and get killed by $15 min. wage. In the meanwhile, as the min wage goes from $9.47 to $11 for large companies and $10 for small restaurants, customers are reacting to $.50 increases in a Subway sandwich by (1) not buying, and (2) tipping less when they do.
What's that already tell you? And $.50 will not cover the actual cost increase of labor. For every $1 of min wage, add $.50 per hour for associated taxes and insurance.
I'm going to avoid Seattle on my annual Washington trip simply because I don't want to get ass raped when buying anything from a soda or a map, to lunch just because Seattle wants to be progressive.
But you know who will flock to Seattle? Lazy hippies and the LGBT crowd. They just love freebies. To them, this sounds like a great way to stick it to The Man.
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